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B&V - The Agar Company GELAGAR

B&V - The Agar Company Gelagar is a complete range of tailored food grade agar agar powders especially developed to be used in all different confectionery and bakery applications.

Ingredient Name: Agar

Functions: Thickener

Labeling Claims: Natural, Naturally Derived

Physical Form: Powder, Solid

End Uses: Candies, Chocolates, Creams, Custard, Doughnut, Filling Applications, Glazings, Ice Cream, Jams, Jellies, Marmalades, Marshmallow, Puddings

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    Identification & Functionality

    Ingredient Name
    Ingredient Origin
    Food Ingredients Functions
    Ingredients
    Agar
    Food Additive Number
    E 406, INS 406
    Technologies

    Features & Benefits

    Product Highlights

    Gelagar adapts to different levels of water hardness and has a fast and complete dissolution as the solution reaches the boiling temperature.

    It is used in addition or as a substitute of pectin in jams and marmalades, as a replacement to gelatin and as a thickening ingredient in soufflés and custards.

    Applications & Uses

    Applications

    fruit jellies, bird's milk, zeffir, soufflé, marmalade, jams, soft candies, gelatins, bakery fillings, ice creams, puddings and flans, choko bombs, cream bananas, doughnuts, angel kisses, tart glazes, marshmallows

    Properties

    Physical Form

    Technical Details & Test Data

    Properties

    Medium to very high gel strength  (600-1000+ gr/cm2 – Nikkan)
    Forms firm or elastic gels with a rapid setting time
    Low synaeresis gels
    Available in different meshes and viscosities
    Synergies with sugar (possible to dissolve together)
    High synergies with albumin in whipped or aerated preparations
    Cooking stability (also at low pH)
    No effect on flavors
    Different gelling temperatures from 35 to 43 °C
    Different melting temperatures from 85 to 95 °C